I am very glad that I ended up planting these turnips. It seemed like wishful thinking when I planted them so late in the season, and I had plans to mostly eat them as greens. But here I am, months later, with a good crop happily sitting under a tarp, keeping me feed with something fresh from the garden. One of the things I enjoy most about gardening, is the low risk adventures you can take. Throw a handful of seeds in the ground, worst case scenerio, nothing grows. But you can only reap what you sow, so plant a bit of hope!

This is the root system of our #soilsprouts just four days into growing!! We ate them as a fresh salad on Day 7. 😍🌱 Check our my Soil Sprouts highlight if you want a low tech, fast growing, windowsill garden that can give you fresh greens all winter long. 🙌🏻 Can’t wait to start experimenting with different recipes to share with you all this winter. I just got some more seed types in the mail so I’ll also be sharing some new sprouts soon!

What do you do when you take on an allotment that is more weeds than soil (both alive and dead) and has been covered with impermeable black tarp for over a year starving the soil of water and nutrients? Green manure the hell out of it and hope for the best!!

Here is a humble tomato from my garden .. one of the last .. sob sob 😭😭. . Well I do have a 3 bags of tomatoes in the freezer .. but you know.. 🤣. . So I thought I d tell you briefly how to collect the seeds - . . It’s pretty simple - you cut up your tomato - re move the seeds - pop them in any old clean glass jar - half fill it with water .. put it on the window ledge .. and here’s the bit you might not like — let it all ferment till it’s got an green over coat on .. then tip it out into a sieve - and wash it all off the tomato seeds.. that gets rid of the jelly .. then leave them in the sieve to dry out .. !! . . Bobs your uncles cousins aunty .. you have your own tomato seeds to grow next year ! FREE seeds !! . . I put mine in paper envelopes.. I think they might sweat other wise !! . . If you don’t want to do this .. I ll have seeds for sale on @fairyhill_crafts_ website - that I grew this year - they will be a random mix in the packet - between salad red tomatoes - bigger red tomatoes- cherry tomatoes and those amazing yellow tomatoes!! . . I ll pop then on the website tomorrow evening - I have a batch already waiting and tested at their germination rate - and all the seeds germinated !! 🙌🙌I m so proud!! Also next week I ll have crown prince squash seeds . . And micro green mixed seeds. . . Follow more on the Fairyhill blog 😍. .#tomato#tomatoes#tomatoseeds#growyourown#redcherrytomatoes#yellowtomatoes#slicertomatoes#cantwaittostartagain#planningmygrowing#planningmygarden#kitchengarden#kitchengardening#allotmentlove#homestead#chickens#rabbit#chickenmama#mamachicken#thislife

Do you grow your own tomatoes?⠀ .⠀ This is the first time we have grown anything other than cherry tomato types.⠀ .⠀ These ones are Ponderosa Pink. I chose these hoping the “pink” in the name would encourage my daughter to try them 😂⠀ .⠀ Do you think it’ll work?

Having a fun family day with the kiddos! I can’t believe it’s already thanksgiving week! My favorite part of the holidays is how much time we get to spend with family. These our the moments we’ll remember as we grow older and even though it’s growing colder outside my heart is warmer around this time of year!